Which one? Jazz and rock are both blues based.
Jazz for aficionados
Jazz for aficionados
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
I'm going to review records in my collection, and you'll be able to decide if they're worthy of your collection. These records are what I consider "must haves" for any jazz aficionado, and would be found in their collections. I wont review any record that's not on CD, nor will I review any record if the CD is markedly inferior. Fortunately, I only found 1 case where the CD was markedly inferior to the record.
Our first album is "Moanin" by Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers. We have Lee Morgan , trumpet; Benney Golson, tenor sax; Bobby Timmons, piano; Jymie merrit, bass; Art Blakey, drums.
The title tune "Moanin" is by Bobby Timmons, it conveys the emotion of the title like no other tune I've ever heard, even better than any words could ever convey. This music pictures a person whose down to his last nickel, and all he can do is "moan".
"Along Came Betty" is a tune by Benny Golson, it reminds me of a Betty I once knew. She was gorgeous with a jazzy personality, and she moved smooth and easy, just like this tune. Somebody find me a time machine! Maybe you knew a Betty.
While the rest of the music is just fine, those are my favorite tunes. Why don't you share your, "must have" jazz albums with us.
Enjoy the music.
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I may have posted this years ago, but just to give you a look into the mind set of some folks towards music. I worked at the local movie house as a young teenager collecting tickets. When the movie 'Rock Around the Clock' came to town, it was shown as a special showing, at midnight on a Saturday night, for ADULTS ONLY. As an employee, I got to see it. Should have been rated for 'Teenagers Only'. These folks still rule in some places. Cheers |
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I just woke up, and I see to my pleasant surprise there are a lot of posts to respond to. Frogman, this lockdown is news, been sleep since I got back from the park. Lately, lockdown is my preferred way of life, so that wont matter much. I see everyone posted top notch jazz. Now that I'm almost back to reality, it all sounds good. Unlike some vocalists, Ella never went down, she was at the top of her game throughout her entire life. Dave Brubeck, "Three's a Crowd"; this is my very first time hearing that; from 1962, that was a very good year; it was near the beginning of my decade of partying and I listened to a lot of Brubeck. Irresistible Nancy Wilson, I heard her in my dreams, that's the way I remember her. Diz, Stitt and Rollins; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v4mNF1G8g6A Clifford Brown and Max Roach https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nt_fmhtePoc Rok, I must admit, there was a time when I smoked rare blends of Turkish tobacco through exotic pipes. I have enjoyed all the cuts, and tell your wife Frogman I especially enjoyed her contribution. Acman, I'm going to put that CD in the player and begin enjoying my "lockdown". Happy Lockdown everyone! |
o10, plus any others of course, regarding Albert King, years ago I saw this session on PBS. Later I found an expanded link on YouTube, and shortly after that an LP from that session. Now this appears to be the full program of Albert King with Stevie Ray Vaughan -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-apz26BfHY |
O10, good to see you safe and sound. I knew you were strong enough to overpower the kidnapper. If I am not mistaken, you have mentioned Tina somewhere in your recent postings. I appreciate Tina, to put it mildly. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Gcm-tOGiva0 |
Or maybe this one “We’re gonna take the beginning of this song and do it easy. But then we’re gonna do the finish rough,” she says. “That’s the way we do ‘Proud Mary.’ ” https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=TTfYnRQgKgY The way they dance, just love it, it's simply contagious (not sure is it good to use this word lately). And you have to move the same. That’s the rule when listenin’ the song. |
And from slower to faster, we are getting back to slower... She says: "We are gonna do this one together." Tina and David ~ Tonight https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=p4WG_y7owmM |
Everything’s gonna be alright tonight... Prefer calmer version: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fuEuO6zJnIU |
There is no sound lovelier than the sweet sound of Milt Jackson's vibes; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmij2ENtXqU&list=PL0q2VleZJVEmzcysKEtfJ5XCfQwjzq5MK |
Boss Bass; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6u8j1jnJso&list=RDW6u8j1jnJso&start_radio=1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s5EwGijmqKc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut6LinT-DJI I was a teenager in Chicago the first time I heard "Bohemia After Dark", and just after dark when you could see lights coming on in the skyscrapers, I would fantasize about what pleasures the Bohemians were indulging in, in those tall buildings, and the day that I would join them. |
Today is a good day to explore and share with you another one of my alternative genres of music, meet "Enigma" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2YLLlHPO0g |
o10 I first heard MCMXC A.D. by Enigma at an all nude strip bar in Florida in 1991. Imagine a beautiful nude woman dancing seductively to that song about 3 feet away from you. Every time I hear that song I think of her and I never forgot her face. She put on a robe and came down and had a drink with me. I was 27 years old and now I am 56 but I can still remember our conversation, her eye's, and that pretty face all these years later. |
Bass Clarinet.... Bob Mintzer on the last track of the Yellowjackets' 1994 release, Run For Your Life. Track 9 - Wisdom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5p3pp1tXBzs |
I’m sorry, but you can’t call yourself a Jazz aficionado if you can’t even list artists from this century. Jazz is a living, breathing art form. Miles Davis even talked about how artists have to always try to make something new. I love the old stuff, too, but only listening to the old stuff is being nostalgic, not an aficionado. If you are having trouble making it to the 21st Century, let’s kick start your collection: Snarky Puppy, Esperanza Spaulding, Jazzmeia Horn, Linda Mae Han Oh, Brad Mehldau, Adam Ben Ezra, Christian McBride, and to span the centuries, Chick Corea, who is still doing cutting edge stuff. |
Ghosthouse, that's a real nice cut, I like it so much that I'm going to order it. We've featured a lot of Bass Clarinet lately. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dnIBKw4d84 |